September 2011

September 28, 2011

The Private Reserve in York was a SUCCESS! I had a great time visiting with everyone and meeting some new attendees. I am constantly amazed at how creative people are. One of things I love about teaching is how everyone receives the same supplies, but the final results are so different. It is amazing how adding a unique touch can completely change the look of a page or project. We have also had very creative entries into our contests at the Private Reserves as well...I am very inspired to bling my own bras...

I was only home for two days before I had to leave again so there was no scrapping time for me. I only had time to act as the Taxi driver for my children and clean up around the house. I literally took the clothes from my suitcase and put them in the washer and dryer and then back into the suitcase (and yes, there were colors and whites in there together to save time). I am looking forward to scrapping this weekend though with fellow Design Team member and Quick Quotes Teacher Lisa Giesbrecht. I am pretty excited for this weekend as we are celebrating Stacy's (one of the owner of Quick Quotes) and Karrie's (one of the employees) birthday and there is no where better to celebrate than Palm Springs.

September 22, 2011

Via Philly with a 4 hour layover. In my carry on I packed some scrapbooking supplies so that I could be scrap productive on my layover..but it seems that higher powers had different plans for me. When I arrived at my gate in Orlando and boarded the plane, the overhead bin space was full and I had to check my suitcase to my final destination. BUMMER..but, if you have a four hour layover in an airport, Philly isn't so bad as there is a lot of shopping that can be done. Or blogging..

I spent last weekend in Washington State for the Grand Mound Private Reserve. I LOVE going to this location for a few reasons..

1) It is like 5 minutes from the Quick Quotes Warehouse so we can get anything we need at anytime.

2) It is the first place we had a Private Reserve and there are women that have been coming each year and it is always great to see them again

3) It is like 15 minutes away from a casino (I admit, I am a heathen and enjoy a little gambling now and then) and this year I had an AWESOME casino buddy tag along.

4)The venue where the PR is held is a Great Wolf Lodge and it is gorgeous, but more importantly there is a Starbucks in the lobby and the restaurant serves Sweet Potato French Fries.

5) I get to see the ENTIRE QQ crew including all of the people that work in the warehouse making things happen.

There are many more reasons why I love going to this particular venue but I could go on and on..one thing that I do not like about this location is that it is located in the Pacific Time Zone, which means it is harder for me to connect with my family, especially on school days. I was very happy to get home and see my children as I was unable to speak with one of my daughters almost the entire time I was gone.

I also get inspired by all of the attendees and what they do with the projects we teach..it always makes me want to go home and scrap. Unfortunately I probably won't have time to scrap on my own until October as we have 3 Private Reserves in a row with little time at home in between. But, Since I have been participating in the Sketch challenge at Scrapbook.com I do have some reserve layouts to share

September 16, 2011

Thank you so much for joining us for the Peachy Keen Stamps/Quick Quotes Blog Hop! If you've just come from Melin's blog,then you are hopping along just fine. If not, make sure you start at the beginning over at Quick Quotes' blog so you don't miss a single chance to win one of two fun prizes up for grabs! You'll have until Sunday night to complete the hop, (and there was even more inspiration posted on several blogs yesterday as well!)

Peachy Keen Stamps and Quick Quotes have partnered this weekend to bring you incredible creations from both Design Teams. You'll see how versatile our products truly are!

For my project I used the Miss Morgan Paper line from Quick Quotes as well as the New Purple Passion Powder Puff Ink Pad. I was lucky enough to work with Happy Birthday Kids Stamp Set (PK241) and it is a great stamp set...

These are great stamps that are easy to use and leave a clean crisp image. Once the image is stamped it is very easy to customize with color and bling!

I made a second card with the September Club Q Contents (and I used a Maraschino Cherry Powder Puff Chalk Ink Pad) and the Cake Stamp. I also used Stickles to decorate the cake...

Thanks again for stopping by! I hope you're inspired and ready to create!Don't forget to leave a comment on each designers' blog for a chance to win either a Quick Quotes prize package or two stamp sets from Peachy Keen!The deadline for commenting is 11:59pm EDT, Sunday, September 18th. Here is what you could win:

Hello for the Land of Washington..I am here in Grand Mound getting ready to start our third Private Reserve of the season. I flew out here yesterday (luckily I was upgraded to first class!), arrived early in the morning and spent the rest of the day in the Warehouse taking in all the new goodies that are arriving (like THREE brand new paper lines!). Before I left though I was able to get a layout (or 5 which I will share over the next few days) finished..this was inspired by a sketch challenge on Scrapbook.com~

Today is the start of the Quick Quotes/Peachy Keen Stamps blog hop...THERE ARE PRIZES!

This is a two day event with LOTS Of inspiration! Today to start the hop you will want to visit the Peachy Keen Blog and follow the blog hop list. Saturday's hop will start from the Quick Quotes blog. To Qualify to win a prize, you will need to comment on each designer's blog post and Winners will be announced on Monday, September 19th on Peachy Keen & Quick Quotes' blogs. Happy Hopping!

September 09, 2011

going on right now at the Quick Quotes Blog. The challenge is to create or share a project (scrapbook page, gift bag, card etc) on our blog and if you do, there is a chance you could win a $25.00 Gift Certificate to Shop on the Quick Quotes website. Here is what I was inspired to make...

I used the Julie Je T'aime Paper line and the Glitter Chipboard Accents to complete this page. The pictures are from the first day of school last year and were a perfect match for the papers. The loop de loops are from a previous Club Q kit. To create this page, I used a sketch from Scrapbook.com for the Monthly Sketch Challenge that is being run this month (The Sketch for Day 7). Here are a few more layouts that I have done for the skeetch challenge

September 05, 2011

Happy Labor Day! I hope you were able to spend it with family and friends, I spent mine at the beach getting SCORCHED! Even with three applications of sunscreen. We went to New Smyrna Beach and the waves were huge because of the storm that is off the coast of Florida (which is why I didn't go in the water and stayed on the beach getting scorched instead).

Are you a member of Club Q? If so here is the kit that will be mailed to you on September 15

September 02, 2011

There is so much coming up for me this month between the Quick Quotes Private Reserves, children and school activities, husband changing jobs (within his company), and all the other various things that come along with being an adult and having a family. I however, am looking forward to September..it starts to cool down (a little bit) football commences, and lots of new scrapbooking products tend to arrive. I have also decided to take part in the 25th anniversary sketch challenge at Scrapbook.com (25 layouts in 25 days) and here are the first two layouts I have done:

I am loving both of these new paper lines. The first layout uses October Afternoon's Boarding Pass line and embellishments. The second layout uses Pink Paislee's new Nantucket line and embellishments.

We are headed to the first home Football game of the season tonight. We went to all of the games that we could last year to support the school. This year not only are we going to support the school, but we are also going to support our daughter's boyfriend who is a player on the team. Other than that we have no plans for this labor day weekend which sounds great but always seems to lead to big projects around the house. I hope you have a great weekend plan and be sure to check back as I will have a sneak peak of the NEW Club Q shipping in September and my first project using the kit.